Tag: Chinese Film

China Changchun International Film Festival 中国长春国际电影节

Approved by the State Council of China, the Changchun Film Festival is an international film festival recognized by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (国际电影制片人联合会 guójì diànyǐng zhìpiànrén liánhéhuì). Activities during the event include the appraisal of films, the exhibition of Chinese and foreign films, the trade fair of films and scripts, a review exhibition of renowned artists, seminars and celebration parties.

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One of The most Frequent Laureate Director in China——Xie Fei 中国最常得奖的导演——谢飞

Xie Fei (谢飞 Xiè Fēi) was born in Yan'an(延安 Yán'ān), Shaanxi Province (陕西省 Shǎnxī Shěng)on August 14, 1942. In 1965, Xie graduated from Beijing Film Academy, in which he later became a professor, dean of the Director Department. He is a member of the council of the Chinese Filmmakers' Association and Executive Vice Chairman of the Chinese Film Directors' Association. Among all the Chinese directors, Xie is one of the most frequent laureate of various awards both from China and abroad. In 2001, Xie was also the first Chinese to be invited to sit on Berlin Film Jury. He has also served as jury member on many award committees, among them the Chinese Golden Rooster Awards and the World Film Festival at Montreal.

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Chinese film: The White Haired Girl

The White-Haired Girl (白毛女; Bái Máo Nǚ) is a Chinese opera, ballet, (later adapted to Beijing Opera and a film) by Yan Jinxuan to a Chinese libretto. The first opera performance was in 1945, with Wang Kun playing the lead role. The film was made in 1950. The first Beijing opera performance was in 1958. The first ballet performance was by Shanghai Dance Academy, Shanghai in 1965. It has also been performed by the noted soprano Guo Lanying.

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Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞(2010)

Although actor-turned-director Jiang Wen's 2007 arthouse film "The Sun also Rises (太阳照常升起 tàiyáng zhàocháng shēng qǐ)" failed him with takings of only 20 million yuan, his latest offering  "Let the Bullets Fly (让子弹飞 ràng zǐdàn fēi) (2010)   " is expected to do well during the New Year season's box-office battle.

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Chinese Film: Teeth of Love 爱情的牙齿

Set in China in the '70s and '80s, Teeth of Love tells the tale of three painful romances in the life of Qian Yehong(钱叶红 Qián Yèhóng) (played by Yan Bingyan), as a young woman and in middle age. And while the film is all about love – unlike most films set in this era, which usually focus on how China was affected socially – director Zhuang Yuxin's(庄宇新 Zhuāng Yǔxīn) take is a particularly pessimistic one: His characters are forever suffering. There are female and male protagonists – all tortured by love.

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Chinese Film: the War 战争

War is director Philip G. Atwell's Hollywood feature debut, after cutting his teeth on hip-hop music videos – experience that translates onto celluloid in the form of flying bullets, swords and fists, punctuated by dramatic explosions, fast cars, and some very beautiful women.

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Chinese Film: The Go Master (Wu Qingyuan) 吴清源

An aged Wu Qingyuan(吴清源 Wú Qíngyuán), the real-life protagonist of this movie, is pictured at the beginning of the film with his Japanese wife, Kazuko. At the age of 14 Wu moved to Japan where he embarked upon a professional career as a Go player(围棋国手 Wéiqí guóshǒu) and soon became the game's most lauded star. Even in the most turbulent years of the Sino-Japanese War(抗日战争 Kàngrì Zhànzhēng), Wu declined to take sides since his loyalty lay with the game, which he regarded as his true faith. In 1955, Wu had to stop playing after a motorcycle accident but, as the film shows, he never lost his passion for the game.

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Chinese Film: Nanking 南京

Based on Iris Chang's book The Rape of Nanking(南京大屠杀 Nānjīng dà túshā), this film-length documentary relates the terrible events that lasted for six weeks from December 13, 1937, following the entry of the Imperial Japanese Army into Nanjing(南京 Nánjīng), the Chinese capital of the time.

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